Faces of Change

Board of Visitors member hosts benefit

On September 7, 2014 University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing Board of Visitors member Barrett MacKay and her husband Rick hosted an annual BBQ and Dove Shoot in support of the UAB School of Nursing and the Campaign for UAB.

The guests enjoyed a BBQ lunch while Dean Doreen Harper addressed the crowd to share the School's Campaign priorities and more specifically, the UAB School of Nursing building expansion.

Applause for the Cause

Held at the Virginia Samford Theatre, with UAB Medicine as the Greenroom Presenting Sponsor, this year's Applause for the Cause fundraising event hosted by the UAB School of Nursing Board of Visitors (BOV) featured a reception in the theatre courtyard followed by a comedic performance about womanhood.

The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation visits the UAB School of Nursing

On Tues., April 8, 2014, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing hosted Grants Program Director Elizabeth A. Smith (Lizzy) from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation.

The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation is a charity dedicated to the support of women in nine southeastern states. The Foundation devotes most of its resources to the Lettie Pate Whitehead scholarship program, which provides scholarship grants to schools and colleges for deserving female students. In 2013, The Lettie Pate Whitehead foundation awarded 39 UAB School of Nursing students scholarships.